jordreform

Swedish

Etymology

jord + reform, from German Bodenreform, used since 1908.

Noun

jordreform c

  1. a land reform (an economic and political reformation in ownership and distribution of land)

Usage notes

  • The large land reforms in Sweden in 1807 and 1827, shifting villages into individual farms, were called skifte (shift).

Declension

Declension of jordreform 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative jordreform jordreformen jordreformer jordreformerna
Genitive jordreforms jordreformens jordreformers jordreformernas

References

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